WAR CARTOONS BY · JOHN · F. · KNOTT Cartoonist for the Dallas News
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Grateful Acknowledgment is made to A. H. Belo & Co., publishers of the Dallas News, for permission to reprint in this book the cartoons that first appeared in the News. Copyright 1918 by John F. Knott
To C. L. K.
THEY BELIEVED IN PREPAREDNESS
THE PIONEER January 26, 1917
JOHN BULL: “A HARMLESS SUBMARINE? THERE AIN’T NO SUCH ANIMAL!” July 13, 1916
SHADE OF LINCOLN: “I, TOO, HAD A STORMY VOYAGE.” Feb. 12, 1917
THE TEMPTATION March 2, 1917
THE MAD KING OF PRUSSIA March 9, 1917
DISSEMBLING THEIR LOVE. March 31, 1917
PART OF OUR PLAN. April 15, 1917
CONSPIRATORS April 22, 1917
STOPPED AUTOMATICALLY.
“NO INDEMNITY? NO ANNEXATIONS? WHAT DO YOU THINK I STARTED THIS WAR FOR, ANYWAY?” May 8, 1917
PEACE CHESTNUTS May 24, 1917
AMERICANS REALLY OUGHT TO SEE AMERICA FIRST, BUT—— (Many of our best people are going to Europe this summer.)
“NO MORE DOG MEAT, SONNY” July 10, 1917
“NOW WATCH ME DRAW AN ARMY” July 20, 1917
THE GERMAN PITFALL July 27, 1917
BACK TO THE SCENE OF HIS CRIME July 28, 1917
THANK GOODNESS, HE’S THROUGH THE WORST OF IT. July 29, 1917
THE GIRL HE LEFT BEHIND July 31, 1917
A LITTLE DIVERSION FOR THE PEOPLE July —, 1917
ENTER OUR GENIAL TAX ASSESSOR August 31, 1917
DROWNED OUT September 5, 1917
BRE’R RABBIT AND THE TAR BABY September 12, 1917
THEY WANT THE CASE DISMISSED September 23, 1917
EMBARRASSING September 25, 1917
CHANGING HIS SPOTS September 28, 1917
WHO COULD BLAME HIM? October 4, 1917
FIGHT IT WITH FIRE October 24, 1917
THE SUBSTITUTE October 30, 1917
MEATLESS; LIKE THE DOG IN AESOP’S FABLE November 9, 1917
SOME DAY THEY’LL GET TOGETHER November 16, 1917
THE SPIDER AND THE FLY November 22, 1917
“KAMERAD!” November 23, 1917
IVAN THE TERRIBLY SIMPLE November 24, 1917
ITALIAN GRAPES November 30, 1917
ON TO BERLIN December 1, 1917
SIGNS OF A RED CHRISTMAS ON THE WEST FRONT December 12, 1917
OLIVER TWIST HOOVER December 15, 1917
DRAFTED December 28, 1917
THE TWO-HEADED MONSTER December 29, 1917
HE CERTAINLY HAS BEEN GOOD TO HER January 24, 1918
THE ORIGINAL GROUND HOG February 2, 1918
UNSINKABLE February 8, 1918
PRUNING TIME February 17, 1918
ONE OF THE DECISIVE BATTLES OF THE WAR February 21, 1918
ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF GERMAN THOROUGHNESS February 22, 1918
THE BEAST WITH THE INSATIABLE HUNGER February 26, 1918
THE ONLY WEAPON THAT CAN GET HIM March 7, 1918
AFTER THE RAID March 14, 1918
THE PROMISING PUPIL March 17, 1918
IT SHOOTS FARTHER THAN HE DREAMS March 26, 1918
“CELEBRATE!” March 27, 1918
HINDENBURG: “THE RAIN STOPPED US” April 5, 1918
THE TRAINS FROM FRANCE April 10, 1918
THE NEW SALIENT April 16, 1918
THE BRIGHT SIDE April 17, 1918
DAILY REPORT: “HINDENBURG IS HURLING FRESH DIVISIONS” April 20, 1918
THAT DRIVE OF HINDENBURG’S May 1, 1918
THE BATTERING RAM May 28, 1918
ECLIPSE OF THE HUN—VISIBLE IN ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD EXCEPT GERMANY June 8, 1918
GERMAN FAIRY TALES June 15, 1918
THE DESPERATE ICE MAN June 16, 1918
HOLDING THE BAG June 20, 1918
WAITING FOR THEIR EMANCIPATION DAY. June 19, 1918
THE AUSTRIAN SHIP OF STATE June 25, 1918
WHY RUSSIA MUST BE FREED June 30, 1918
JUST BEFORE THE AWAKENING—JULY 4, 1918 July 4, 1918
THE SALVATION ARMY July 12, 1918
“TO THE BASTILE!” July 14, 1918
DROWNED IN THE MARNE July 21, 1918
SOMEBODY IS IN FOR AN AWFUL CALL-DOWN August 1, 1918
HIS PROTEST AGAINST A GERMAN PEACE August 2, 1918
NOT A DROP! August 8, 1918
THE SWORD OF FOCH AND THE HUNSTRICTOR August 11, 1918
THE UNLUCKY NUMBER September 12, 1918
OPEN SEASON AND NO LIMIT ON THE VARMINTS September 15, 1918
THE PREREQUISITE OF PEACE September 17, 1918
THE SINKING U-BOAT September 25, 1918
THE MYSTERIOUS STRANGER September 27, 1918
THE BULGAR SHOWS THE WAY October 1, 1918
WELL, LOOK WHO’S HERE! October 4, 1918
“WE BURN WITH A DESIRE FOR PEACE” October 8, 1918
PROSPECTIVE WIDOW? October 20, 1918
THE REBIRTH OF A NATION October 21, 1918
KEEPING UP WITH THE “THIRTY-SIXTH” October 23, 1918
SPOIL THE ROD AND SAVE THE CHILDREN October 24, 1918
WHEN THE BAND BROKE UP October 26, 1918
REFERRED TO QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS DEPARTMENT October 27, 1918
THE BREAD LINE November 2, 1918
THE BOCHE STOOD ON THE BURNING DECK November 5, 1918
“MY LORD, THE CARRIAGE WAITS” November 6, 1918
THE SUPER-DIPLOMAT November 7, 1918
WAR-TIME ECONOMICS.
THE NEIGHBORS’ GOSSIP ABOUT THE HOHENZOLLERN FAMILY.
BACK FROM EXILE November 12, 1918
THE BLOODLESS REVOLUTION November 14, 1918
ON THE LAST LINE.
WHO SAYS THE REVOLUTION DID NOT SUCCEED! Nov. 19, 1918
RETRIBUTION
GERMAN “REPENTANCE”